673V (8639E) History

Below is a condensed version of the FAA documents on the aircraft’s CD.  CDs are available online through the FAA website.

Date

Hours

Owner

Notes

04/17/31

00:00

Curtiss Wright Airplane Company

Date of Manufacture

04/17/31

Curtiss Wright Flying Service
Grosse Isle, Michigan

06/01/31

Pontiac Flying Club
Pontiac, Michigan

05/19/32

131

Pontiac Flying Club
Pontiac, Michigan

Cluster member referred to in AB 36 is seat brace which is pulled through at lower brace. Rewelded ok.

08/20/32

Pontiac Flying Club
Pontiac, Michigan

Repaired by the Thompson Aeronautical Corporation, Pontiac, Michigan. Right landing gear axle was straightened and repaired. The right lower longeron was repaired.

07/05/33

256:45

Pontiac Flying Club
Pontiac, Michigan

01/23/34

City of Pontiac
Pontiac, Michigan

02/27/34

Erwin Marx
43 S. Genesee Avenue
Pontiac, Michigan

Engine needs minor repair and fuselage covering.

08/10/35

311

Erwin Marx
43 S. Genesee Avenue
Pontiac, Michigan

06/09/37

330

Roy E Bouts
421 Haven Street
Eaton Rapids, Michigan

03/03/39

William Dale Gowell
120 Greenwood Street
Battle Creek, Michigan

Welded repair in aft rear fuselage bay.

05/09/39

Dale Lapham
Battle Creek Flying Service
Battle Creek, Michigan

08/11/39

368

William Dale Gowell
120 Greenwood Street
Battle Creek, Michigan

Some new ribs, new plywood, spliced forward spar right wing, some new ribs left wing, ribs reinforced,

12/19/40

Dale Lapham
Marshall, Michigan

05/07/41

352:54

Dale Lapham
Marshall, Michigan

07/15/41

Harold Miller Allen
Route 3
Quincy, Michigan

03/01/58

E. C. Weaver
724 Davis Street
Kalamazoo, Michigan

03/29/48

Arthur J. Davis
Box 466
East Lansing Michigan

09/20/49

Hal Ladwig
1806 3rd Avenue S
Minneapolis, Minnesota

02/10/60

Cyril Ladwig
3650 Vincent Avenue N
Minneapolis, Minnesota

12/22/63

James E. Ladwig
5354 Newton Avenue S
Minneapolis, Minnersota

N number changed to N8639E